Since yesterday’s carspotting scene on Anchorage’s Fourth Street, we’ve seen other photos showing almost the exact same view with the exact same sign, even lit up at night, but as we see here, in this postcard-quality Fourth Street scene we came across on Ryan Khatam’s Flickr stream, the sign apparently wandered around from year to year. What do you see here?

16 Responses to “Anchorage, Alaska, 1950s”

Wow..it’s De Ja Vu all over again! Perhaps a year or two newer than yesterdays’ photo, and yet another beat-up `48-`53 Chevy pickup front and center. Since I see a `58 Chevy wagon onthe right, maybe this was taken closer to `59-`60 or so after it became our 50th state? `57 Ford, `53 Studebaker on the left.

Hi Ab2, I think that All American City was pasted in there. Tell you 1 thing, between yesterday & today, not 1 flat -fendered Willys in site. Perhaps Hollywood lied to us, in “Northern Exposure”, they were all over, even Joel Fleicshman drove one. ( one of my favorite shows)

Lots of 1957 models in this one. The 57 Chevy wagon may be a 210, it looks like the insert in the trim is painted. I see another white 57 Chevy sedan boxed in between to 57 Fords. All of them are behind the 53 Studebaker. A 58 Chevy Wagon is on the other side of the street.